Since leaving competitive swimming after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Phelps has been enjoying retirement in Arizona with his wife Nicole and sons Boomer and Beckett, seven months. He’s also become an advocate for water conservation (he’s in his second year as global water ambassador for Colgate, working to remind people to turn off the faucet while brushing their teeth) and mental health awareness, and has openly discussed his struggle with depression.
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Allison Schmitt opens up about her struggle with depression and where she is now in her mental health journey.
Sometimes you get used to people being part of the landscape, their presence is a constant, immutable and irreversible. Sport gives that illusion from time to time, only for time itself to enjoy the last laugh.
The outpouring of sadness that greets footballers leaving the stage for the last time seems to be most poignant in Italy, perhaps the increased longevity, perhaps the more universal acclaim tearing up supporters more than elsewhere.
Fans of the Azzurri may well find themselves saying farewell to another sporting legend this year, as Federica Pellegrini has intimated that she may be on the verge of hanging up her swimming costume one final time.
“My heart is telling me to stop after too many personal disappointments out of the pool,†she recently confessed, “on the other hand, my head wants me to continue. By Autumn I will decide what to do with my life permanently.â€
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Amanda Weir talks about her path back from injury and the mental challenges she faced on that journey.
The knee situation… The Olympic Training Center. How did I get here? What I’ve been up to.
South Africa’s most decorated Olympian and YOG Ambassador Chad Le Clos is now opening the CleC Academy. Le Clos wants to give something back and created an academy for the next generation in Swimming. This academy wants to speak to the changing needs of the young people today but most importantly, keep up the fun aspect of swimming!
Stacy Michael-Miller of USA Swimming discusses the importance of mental health for athletes.
Cullen Jones had the opportunity to teach his mom to swim. This moment came years after his mother put Jones in swim lessons to make sure he was water safe.
The people of Tilbury in Essex received a shock this afternoon as a beluga whale was spotted making its way up the River Thames.
The mammal was seen off Coalhouse Fort near Gravesend and Kent’s Shorne marshes, where ecologist Dave Andrews tweeted his sighting.
“For anyone twitching the beluga, it’s been feeding around the barges for the last hour and hasn’t moved more than 200 metres in either direction. Still present,†he wrote.
Can’t believe I’m writing this, no joke – BELUGA in the Thames off Coalhouse Fort @RareBirdAlertUK pic.twitter.com/6VtrJ1PVc6
— Dave Andrews (@iPterodroma) September 25, 2018
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